Daily U.S. casualties 8/7/2004

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Daily U.S. casualties 8/7/2004


As of Friday, 922 U.S. service members have died since the beginning of military operations in Iraq in March 2003, according to the Defense Department. Of those, 685 died as a result of hostile action and 237 died of nonhostile causes.

The British military has reported 61 deaths; Italy, 18; Spain, eight; Poland, seven; Bulgaria, six; Ukraine, four; Slovakia, three; Thailand, two; and Denmark, El Salvador, Estonia, Hungary, Latvia and the Netherlands have reported one death each.

Since May 1, 2003, when President Bush declared that major combat operations in Iraq had ended, 784 U.S. soldiers have died -- 576 as a result of hostile action and 208 of nonhostile causes, according to the Defense Department on Friday.

The latest deaths reported by U.S. Central Command:


Two Marines were killed Thursday in fighting in Najaf.


A U.S. soldier was killed and 12 troops

were wounded Thursday in fighting in Najaf.


The latest identifications reported by the military:


Marine Cpl. Dean P. Pratt, 22, Stevensville, Mont.; died Monday in an attack in Anbar province; assigned to 2nd Battalion, 1st Marine Regiment, 1st Marine Division, I Marine Expeditionary Force, Camp Pendleton, Calif.


Marine Gunnery Sgt. Elia P. Fontecchio, 30, Milford, Mass., died Wednesday in an attack in Anbar province; assigned to 3rd Battalion, 7th Marines, 1st Marine Division, I Marine Expeditionary Force, Marine Corps Air Ground Combat Center Twentynine Palms, Calif.


Marine Lance Cpl. Joseph L. Nice, 19, Nicoma Park, Okla., died Wednesday in an attack in Anbar province; assigned to 3rd Battalion, 7th Marines, 1st Marine Division, I Marine Expeditionary Force, Marine Corps Air Ground Combat Center Twentynine Palms, Calif.

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1. These are the "lives not lived" that Rummy says are "worth it"

And then there are the "lives lived differently", forever changed by this stupid war, that he also says are "worth it".

May all these soldiers rest in peace, and may their families find some modicum of peace as they deal with their losses. "Worth it", Rummy? God help us all, you ignorant POS.

Bush MUST GO!!!